Londoners gathering at landmarks for the country's weekly Clap for our Carers event will be told to return home, the Metropolitan Police have said.
It comes two weeks after the force's commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was filmed leading dozens of officers in the weekly applause for key workers on a crowded Westminster Bridge.
People across Britain have been clapping for NHS carers at 8pm on Thursday nights for over a month, but there has been some growing unease that many are not abiding by social distancing rules.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said Met officers and staff will continue to join the tradition. But he warned that people who are out without a reasonable excuse outlined in the Government's lockdown rules will be asked
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